Katie Dexter, 21, from Kettering, concluded: "Perhaps Disney should take the physical implications of such high speed travel into account in their forthcoming films."

Methinks that Katie Dexter from Kittering doesn't understand the concept of movies, most specifically 'special effects'. Pro tip Katie: Spaceships don't make noise when they fly, shoot or explode either, but Lucas put that in on purpose, knowing that people would find space battles boring if they were technically accurate(Read: silent).

As for this new paper, how come I knew this already? I'm pretty sure I read this years ago somewhere. I knew it was the most likely result somehow.

moothemagiccow:born_yesterday: Mikey1969: Katie Dexter, 21, from Kettering, concluded: "Perhaps Disney should take the physical implications of such high speed travel into account in their forthcoming films."

TheOther:moothemagiccow: born_yesterday: Mikey1969: Katie Dexter, 21, from Kettering, concluded: "Perhaps Disney should take the physical implications of such high speed travel into account in their forthcoming films."

Katie, this is why you don't get invited to any parties.

Just saying.

What is with you guys and parties?

Wait...there are parties??

Sounds like you have controversial opinions on lightspeed graphics too

Hey look, it's another article on light-speed travel that insists on the standard, and impossible, idea of accellerating a massive object to the speed of light instead of using some sort of space-time warping technology. How terribly interesting.

I was really hoping that someone would have already covered that the Star Wars universe does not represent travelling through hyperspace like that, only entering and exiting. Nor is it ever said they are moving at light speed, but rather moving through hyperspace at speeds in excess of light speed depending on their hyperdrive multiplier (with lower numbers being faster than high ones).

Mikey1969:Pro tip Katie: Spaceships don't make noise when they fly, shoot or explode either, but Lucas put that in on purpose, knowing that people would find space battles boring if they were technically accurate(Read: silent).

I had always assumed that the ship's CIC simply interpreted nearby relevant activity (ships flying by, explosions) into stereo surround sound in the cockpit in order to present full battlefield awareness to the crew using all of their senses. I didn't interpret it as sound waves travelling through space. Of course I was only 6 when the movie came out, so perhaps my assumptions were wrong.

ThrobblefootSpectre:Mikey1969: Pro tip Katie: Spaceships don't make noise when they fly, shoot or explode either, but Lucas put that in on purpose, knowing that people would find space battles boring if they were technically accurate(Read: silent).

I had always assumed that the ship's CIC simply interpreted nearby relevant activity (ships flying by, explosions) into stereo surround sound in the cockpit in order to present full battlefield awareness to the crew using all of their senses. I didn't interpret it as sound waves travelling through space. Of course I was only 6 when the movie came out, so perhaps my assumptions were wrong.

There's a brief line in Mass Effect 3 where the Normandy's shuttle pilot mentions that he once disabled the "audio emulators" to just watch the warships drift by in silence..

ThrobblefootSpectre:Mikey1969: Pro tip Katie: Spaceships don't make noise when they fly, shoot or explode either, but Lucas put that in on purpose, knowing that people would find space battles boring if they were technically accurate(Read: silent).

I had always assumed that the ship's CIC simply interpreted nearby relevant activity (ships flying by, explosions) into stereo surround sound in the cockpit in order to present full battlefield awareness to the crew using all of their senses. I didn't interpret it as sound waves travelling through space. Of course I was only 6 when the movie came out, so perhaps my assumptions were wrong.

LOL, that's funny. I didn't think about it for years until I read an interview with Lucas. It probably only became a 'thing' when Alien came out, since the tagline was 'In space, no one can hear you scream...', and a bunch of people turned around and sai d'Hey, wait a munite...'. Since then, I've noticed it in movies, but I also understand how movies work, and can accept scientifically inaccurate stuff if it enhances the film watching experience.

Strange how this was exactly as described in Frederik Pohl's Gateway series, or any of a number of other sci-fi classics. It's almost like you don't even need to have earned a degree to figure this out, but getting a degree at least helps you get on Fark.

So, not one of these dorks knew that ships in Star Wars aren't traveling through normal spacetime? The stars don't smear out because they're going really fast, they smear out because the ship is tunneling into an alternate reality.

Mikey1969:Spaceships don't make noise when they fly, shoot or explode either, but Lucas put that in on purpose, knowing that people would find space battles boring if they were technically accurate(Read: silent).